Departures:
Daily - Check, Mare Australis has fixed departures
Buenos
Aires, El Calafate, Ushuaia, Australis Cruise, Punta Arenas, Puerto
Natales, Torres del Paine NP, Santiago de Chile.
Season: All the year (check Train to
the Clouds departures)
Notes: It´s important to make bookings
in advance Prices
and further information:
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Itinerary day by day:
DAY
1 - BUENOS AIRES
Arrival to Ezeiza International Airport. Reception and transfer to hotel
in Buenos Aires. 03 nights of accommodation with breakfast.
DAY
2 - BUENOS AIRES
In the morning, Tradicional City Tour visiting the best of Buenos Aires:
La Boca, San Telmo, 9 de Julio Avenue and the Obelisk, Puerto Madero,
Corrientes Avenue, Colón Theatre, Recoleta.
DAY
3 - BUENOS AIRES
In the morning, start excursion to a traditional "Estancia"
or farm in the Pampas. This excursion called Fiesta Gaucha" includes
meals and activities.
DAY
4 - BUENOS AIRES - EL CALAFATE
After breakfast, transfer to airport to take flight to El Calafate. Arrival,
reception and transfer to hotel. 03 nights of accommodation with breakfast
DAY
5 - EL CALAFATE
After breakfast, we start excursion to visit the incredible Perito Moreno
Glacier. We can enjoy the incredible experience of this collosus of ice,
with enormous blocks of ice falling into the Argentino Lake, with a thonderous
crash. Optional activity: minitrekking over the Perito Moreno Glacier
DAY
6 - EL CALAFATE
After breakfast, we start excursion to visit three incredible glaciers:
Upsala, Onelli and Spegazzini Glaciers. This is a wonderful navigation
along the waters of Argentino Lake. You can enjoy icebergs floating around
in the lake.
DAY
7 - EL CALAFATE - USHUAIA
After breakfast, transfer to airport to take flight to Ushuaia. Arrival,
reception and trasfer to hotel. 03 nights of accommodation with breakfast.
DAY
8 - USHUAIA
After breakfast, we start excursion to Tierra del Fuego National Park.
This incredible park, offers a beautiful environment. We visit Bahía
Lapataia (End of 3 National Route), Lago Roca, etc.
DAY
9 - USHUAIA
After breakfast, we start excursion to the north or Ushuaia to visit Lago
Escondido (Escondido Lake) and later, Lago Fagnano (Fagnano Lake) in the
middle of the island of Tierra del Fuego.
DAY
10 - MARE AUSTRALIS CRUISE
Check in of passengers at the Ushuaia wharf (from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.).
Boarding, welcoming cocktails, and departure on the Mare Australis
DAY
11 - MARE AUSTRALIS CRUISE
Disembarking in the Cape Horn National Park where the Atlantic and the
Pacific Oceans meet. Disembarking in Wulaia Bay, a historical site, and
ancient indigenous settlement.
DAY
12 - MARE AUSTRALIS CRUISE
Disembarking in Pia Glacier, and excursion towards an observation point.
DAY
13 - MARE AUSTRALIS CRUISE - PUNTA ARENAS - PUERTO NATALES
Landing in Magdalena Island, the home of an enormous "rookery"
of penguins and walk to the lighthouse. End of the expedition. Disembarking
at Punta Arenas (11:00 a.m.). Transfer in a regular bus to Puerto Natales.
02 nights of accommodation with breakfast
DAY
14 - PUERTO NATALES
- TORRES DEL PAINE NATIONAL PARK
After breakfast, start excursion to Torres del Paine National Park, visiting
Caves of Milodón. Return to hotel.
DAY
15 - PUERTO NATALES - SANTIAGO DE CHILE
After breakfast, regular bus to Punta
Arenas to take flight to Santiago de Chile. Arrival to Santiago and transfer
to hotel. 03 nights of accommodation with breakfast
DAY
16 - SANTIAGO DE CHILE
In the morning, traditional city tour visiting the best of Santiago de
Chile.
DAY
17 - SANTIAGO DE CHILE
In the morning, start excursion to visit Viña del Mar and Valparaíso.
DAY
18 - SANTIAGO DE CHILE
After breakfast, transfer to airport